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Operophtera brumata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Самец  (Operophtera brumata)

Taxonomy

class Insecta subclass Pterygota infraclass Neoptera superorder Holometabola order Lepidoptera superfamily Geometroidea family Geometridae subfamily Larentiinae tribe Operophterini genus Operophtera → species Operophtera brumata

Species name(s)

Operophtera brumata (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena (Geometra) brumata Linnaeus, 1758 = grisearia (de Villers, 1789) = vulgaris (Stephens, 1820) = myricaria (Cooke, 1882) = Operophtera bramata (Linnaeus, 1758). [3, 9, 10]

Winter Moth.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:5626

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic, Nearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #2. Kolsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky.

Forewing length

13—14 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Flight time

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Самка  (Operophtera brumata)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Iceland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia , Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland,Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Faroe Islands, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Kola, Prealtay, Mid-Volzhsky, South West Siberian, South -Uralsky. [3].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Длина переднего крыла самца доходит до 1,4 см, на крыле поперечные зубчатые линии. У самки крылья рудиментарные. [85].

General info about Imago

  • Имаго можно встретить в садах, лиственно-смешанных лесах и парках. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • Озимая пяденица летает с середины октября до конца декабря, а если октябрь выдался теплый, то может начинать летать и еще позднее — так легче избежать насекомоядных птиц, большая часть которых к этому времени уже улетела на юг. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Betula, Corylus avellana, Carpinus, Quercus, Salix, Populus, Ulmus, Ribes, Rosa, Rubus, Pyrus, Malus, Sorbus, Crataegus, Cotoneaster, Prunus, Tilia, Acer, Rhamnus, Fraxinus. [28].
  • Гусеницы этой пяденицы «объедают почки и листья плодовых деревьев», тем и живы, тем и знамениты. Кроме того, пищей для них служат листья других лиственных деревьев, лишайники, гниющая трава. [85].

Overwintering stage

  • Зимует на стадии яйца. [85].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Eugene Karolinskiy, Andrey Ponomarev.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

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Comments

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13.10.2014 10:53, Peter Khramov

Ugums ready.

12.10.2014 0:11, Irina Nikulina

Note to the form Operophtera bramata (removed from the base of 13.10.2014 10:53): Peter Incorrect spelling of the species. True br u mata. It should be combined with http://lepidoptera.ru/taxonomy/5626

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